Behavioral risk factors for obesity during health transition in Vanuatu, south pacific

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages E98-E104

  Dancause, Kelsey Needham ^a,b   Vilar, Miguel ^b,c   Wilson, Michelle ^b,d   Soloway, Laura E ^b,e   DeHuff, Christa ^b   Chan, Chim ^b   Tarivonda, Len ^f   Regenvanu, Ralph ^g   Kaneko, Akira ^h,i,j   Lum, J Koji ^b   Garruto, Ralph M ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Henry Ford Community College   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f Ministry of Health   (Vanuatu)

^g Vanuatu National Cultural Council and Parliament of Vanuatu   (Vanuatu)

^h KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^j NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANNED FOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOOD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INSTANT NOODLE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VANUATU; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 84876239536     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20082     Document Type: Article

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